Global waste management (5 cr)
Code: 5100BI79-3006
General information
- Enrollment
- 01.12.2023 - 26.02.2024
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 01.04.2024 - 03.05.2024
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 5 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Unit
- Engineering and Business
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 20 - 50
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Energy and Environmental Technology
- Teachers
- Marketta Virta
- Henna Knuutila
- Piia Nurmi
- Sonja Lankiniemi
- Course
- 5100BI79
Evaluation scale
H-5
Content scheduling
Course will take place during 01.04.2024 - 03.05.2024
Objective
The student:
1. Understand the principles of waste legislation and
2. Recognize the need for legislative incentives
3. Recognizes the roles of different operators and the best practices of operational waste management.
4. Understand the social and environmental impacts of waste management globally
5. Practice work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural team
6. Practice think in a customer-oriented way
7.Practice to act independently using external networks and resources to manage a work successfully
Content
In this course you'll familiarize yourself with the practices of waste management from workplace safety to transportation. The main goal is to understand the usual daily practises of operational waste management. You will also get information about waste legislation in the EU get understanding the waste management in the developing countries.
Materials
On ITSlearning platform.
They include articles, guidebooks, strategies and real-life examples from EU, waste management organizations, researchers and companies.
Teaching methods
Activating tasks on online platform, studies on waste management.
Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development
Tasks and materials on ITSlearning platform.
Completion alternatives
The only way to do the course is to do the tasks, no alternative ways to complete the course.
Failed (0)
Student has not returned tasks in deadline
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)
Student poorly understands the social and environmental impacts of waste management globally.
Student has shortcomings in their independent work management and use of external networks and resources. Student has difficulties to work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural team.
Assessment criteria, good (3-4)
Student understands the social and environmental impacts of waste management globally. Student practices to act independently using external networks and resources to manage a work successfully. Student practices to work in a multidisciplinary and multicultural team.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
Student excellently understands the social and environmental impacts of waste management globally. Student acts independently using external networks and resources to manage a work excellently. Student works excellently in a multidisciplinary and multicultural team.